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Sandpiper

Obama's brainchild--sequestration--doesn't seem so clever but he and his toadies are doing everything possible to ensure that shut-downs hurt as mush as possible. It's a sick and harmful game he and his are playing.

Sandpiper

One of the funnier sky-is-falling stories actually came from CNN. It seems that while the administration is trying to scare people that airline safety will suffer, the budget--with cuts--is more than last year, the number of air traffic controllers is up and the number of riders and flights is down. Oh the humanity!

RADSDOC

While sequestration may be the brainchild of Obama, the conservatives will pay in 2014.

85 billion cut when we spend 3.5 trillion per year and the deficit is > 16.5 trillion. We still fail to address the main cause of our debts: a broken medical system with an unlimited Visa card, an outdated social security system, and huge tax loopholes which need to be shut down.

HughJorgen

Oh the humor...somehow, I knew conservatives would blame Obama for the sequester. Do us all a favor, and ask yourselves if republicans did all they could do to protect the interests of their constituents. You guys think we should amp up border control and crack down on illegal immigrants? Direct your attention to the nearly $1 BILLION in cuts to border security and immigration control...

Now ask yourself where house republicans were all last week....it wasn't DC. I think they call it "constituent leave."

HughJorgen

House Republicans take their leave the week before the sequester is dated to hit...even though Dems and the POTUS reached out several times asking them to forego the leave and help fix the issue.

But hey, in the end, we'll probably see the cartoons showing Obama opening the borders up to illegals and taking away TRICARE benefits for military families......oh yea, I forot to mention the precious military healthcare benefits that will be cut.

Now ask yourself if your representatives did all they really could do to prevent the cuts that you disagree with. I say, there's enough blame to go around for not just the POTUS but equally enough for everyone in congress as well.

HughJorgen

I'm fine with doing what's possible, within reason, to get the country back in line. But you can't blame one person, or one party for what's about to come. It's a collective issue...and like it or not the house repiblicans chose to take constituent leave last week instead of staying in DC to find a way to prevent the cuts I mentioned below...which happened to be a few of the major issues stressed by conservative republicans during the last election.

Wolverine52

Wait a minute...the GOP in DC and the rightwing windbags said this is bogus and this is just scare tactics. I do not know who to trust. Our men and women in uniform or people with a political agenda and will do anything to get voted back in.

Bornandraised

The sequester, as a chainsaw approach to budget cuts, was supposed to be the big stick that got Congress to do their darned jobs, not a goal for uber-cons. However, the dumbing down of politics both in Washington and across the country has led to this point. We have Congressmen who don’t know what the debt ceiling actually represents, those who pick and choose from the Constitution or the Holy Bible as they see fit. We elect leaders who want to see our government fail, and take every opportunity to help it along on that journey. 10 years ago, this would have been seen as the madness it truly is.

HughJorgen

They're all to blame...this is just another issue falling victim to the party power struggle. Instead of both sides approaching issues with the purpose of doing what's best for the country, they approach each issue with the purpose of "negotiating" and ultimately protecting their respective party.

rockyw

Nobody wants to hear the facts. When you are used to having everything you ask for, a "no" answer becomes unpopular. Whether or not the country can afford it is of little consequence. The democrats have been masters at exploiting the desire of the citizens to have everything. At some point, the house of cards will fall. It always does.

Danner

"They're all to blame...this is just another issue falling victim to the party power struggle. Instead of both sides approaching issues with the purpose of doing what's best for the country, they approach each issue with the purpose of "negotiating" and ultimately protecting their respective party."

Hugh, you and I have had our differences but I gotta say this is the best post of the day. So true it hurts. Neither party is being honest here.

realitycheck

"The White House and the Department of Homeland Security were unaware of Immigration Customs and Enforcement's decision to release detainees until the agency announced it, administration officials said Wednesday.

"This was a decision made by a career officials at ICE without any input from the White House, as a result of fiscal uncertainty over the continuing resolution, as well as possible sequestration," White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday."

Does anyone actually believe that Obama was unaware of this? Can anyone just be honest?

HughJorgen

Reality.....have you seen the amount of money defense is being forced to cut?

$42.7 billion in defense cuts (a 7.9 percent cut).

Military operations across the services are cut by about $13.5 billion.

Military research is cut by $6.3 billion.

Is ALL of this Obama's fault? How can the same person being blamed for overspending ALSO be blamed for cuts that were the direct result of a negotiated delay in a sequester that was already slated to take place on 01/01/2013?

Patriot2192

By the time Obimbo is done, freebies to all the lazy and worthless mmbers of our society will be exhausted and the nation will crumble. Poor people rise up thru hard work and determination. I cannot believe Obimbo and most of his followers on this site support freebies and welfare as a means to level the playing field. This attitude tells me what fabric compriss this local community.